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I'm more concerned with the non-sport aspect of these Olympics right now. Safety seems like a huge question mark so far and they don't seem prepared to host in general...like 8 hotels built to accommodate visitors still aren't finished yet.

Also, I was reading an article the other day and saw a bizarre event that happened in Beijing that seemed to get zero world press- the father of an American Olympian was stabbed to death and the assailant jumped to his death right after. Does ANYONE remember reading about that?

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!

I'm more concerned with the non-sport aspect of these Olympics right now. Safety seems like a huge question mark so far and they don't seem prepared to host in general...like 8 hotels built to accommodate visitors still aren't finished yet.

Also, I was reading an article the other day and saw a bizarre event that happened in Beijing that seemed to get zero world press- the father of an American Olympian was stabbed to death and the assailant jumped to his death right after. Does ANYONE remember reading about that?

I remember that happening, it didn't get as much coverage as you would think it would. Something like that happening at the Olympics would get more coverage you would think.

I hope nothing like that happens this year with all the safety concerns over there.

As for my favorite sport, curling. Don't ask why because I have no idea why I like it.

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I think it would be awesome if you could get Morgan Freeman's voice on a GPS. It would be like he's narrating your travels

I actually like ice hockey in the winter better than basketball in the summer (even if we don't win) because all the games are competitive. (That we are in)

Yeah It's hard to get too excited about Olympic hoops, not much upside when it's assumed you will win gold everytime. With Hockey there are always a handful of teams that could win it all.

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!

Did you know this is the first year of Olympic women's ski jumping ever? I knew ski jumping was there, but I never realized it was only males. They have also added a team figure skating event, where each country competes as a team in addition to individually.

Yeah It's hard to get too excited about Olympic hoops, not much upside when it's assumed you will win gold everytime. With Hockey there are always a handful of teams that could win it all.

Yea.

I mean we have a legit chance at gold, and the games will be competitive. (Unlike the basketball games of recent)
I guess there's a little different pride associated with Olympic gold in Hockey, because let's face it, no one cares about winning gold in basketball.
I expect us Sweden or Canada to win it.